The palaeogeography of early Ordovician Iapetus terranes: An integration of faunal and palaeomagnetic constraints by Harper, D, MacNiocaill, C, Williams, S

Ostracods from Upper Ordovician (Katian) carbonate lithofacies in southwest Scotland by Mohibullah, M, Afzal, J, Williams, M, Meidla, T, Siveter, D, Zalasiewicz, J

The earliest leperditicope arthropod: a new genus from the Ordovician of Spitsbergen by Williams, M, Siveter, D

“…It occurs at a stratigraphical level low in the Floian Stage of the Early Ordovician, and below rocks bearing graptolites of the Pendeograptus fructicosus Biozone. …”

Scottish Ordovician ostracodes: a review of their palaeoenvironmental, biostratigraphical and palaeobiogeographical significance by Williams, M, Floyd, J, Miller, C, Siveter, D

“…Ostracodes have a wide geographical distribution in the Ordovician of Scotland. They are known from the Southern Uplands, the Girvan district, the Highland Border region and the Inner Hebrides. …”

An ostracod-like arthropod with appendages preserved from the lower Ordovician of England by Siveter, D, Rushton, A, Siveter, D

Absolute age evidence of Early to Middle Ordovician volcanism in Peninsular Malaysia by Quek, Long Xiang, Ghani, Azman Abd, Lai, Yu Ming, Lee, Hao Yang, Saidin, Mokhtar, Roselee, Muhammad Hatta, Badruldin, Muhammad Hafifi, Hassan, Meor Hakif Amir, Abdul Aziz, Jasmi Hafiz, Ng, Tham Fatt, Ali, Muhammad Afiq Muhammad, Zulkifley, Mohamad Tarmizi Mohamad

“…Zircons from three Gerik-Dinding meta-volcanic rock samples yield Early to Middle Ordovician weighted mean 206Pb/238U ages between 480 and 460 Ma. …”

Comparative geochemical study on Furongian–earliest Ordovician (Toledanian) and Ordovician (Sardic) felsic magmatic events in south-western Europe: underplating of hot mafic magmas linked to the opening of the Rheic Ocean by J. J. Álvaro, T. Sánchez-García, C. Puddu, J. M. Casas, A. Díez-Montes, M. Liesa, G. Oggiano

“…<p>A geochemical comparison of early Palaeozoic felsic magmatic episodes throughout the south-western European margin of Gondwana is made and includes (i) Furongian–Early Ordovician (Toledanian) activities recorded in the Central Iberian and Galicia–Trás-os-Montes zones of the Iberian Massif, and (ii) Early–Late Ordovician (Sardic) activities in the Eastern Pyrenees, Occitan Domain (Albigeois, Montagne Noire and Mouthoumet massifs) and Sardinia. …”
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Bitumen and hydrocarbon generation potential of paleo-reservoirs in the Ordovician, south Ordos Basin by Chunlin Zhang, Fenjin Sun, Ruie Liu, Fudong Zhang, Hongping Xiao, Damao Wu

“…图9表2参13 Key words: Ordos Basin, Ordovician, bitumen, paleoreservoir, hydrocarbon generation potential…”
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Taxonomy and ontogeny of the Lituitida (Cephalopoda) from Orthoceratite Limestone erratics (Middle Ordovician) by Martina Aubrechtová, Dieter Korn

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Stable ocean redox during the main phase of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event by Álvaro del Rey, Christian Mac Ørum Rasmussen, Mikael Calner, Rongchang Wu, Dan Asael, Tais W. Dahl

“…The period leading up to the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event was characterised by stable marine anoxic zones with a substantial increase in atmospheric oxygen occurring only after this, according to uranium isotope analyses of marine carbonates from southern Sweden…”
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U-Pb zircon age of Ordovician magmatism in the Albera Massif (Eastern Pyrenees) by M. LIESA TORRE-MARÍN, J. CARRERAS, P. CASTIÑEIRAS GARCÍA, J.M. CASAS, M. NAVIDAD, M. VILÀ

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Paleoenvironment of the Lower Ordovician Meitan Formation in the Sichuan Basin and Adjacent Areas, China by Meihua Yang, Yinhui Zuo, Xiaodong Fu, Lei Qiu, Wenzheng Li, Jianyong Zhang, Ziyun Zheng, Jiazhen Zhang

“…The paleoenvironment of the Lower Ordovician Meitan Formation of the Sichuan Basin and its adjacent areas is lacking, restricting the oil and gas exploration of the Ordovician in the Sichuan Basin and its adjacent areas. …”
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The Characteristics and Tectonic Significance of Ordovician Siliceous Rocks in the Yushigou Area, North Qilian by LU Jing-yun, WANG Zhi-li, DU Li-ke, ZHANG Hong-yuan, XU Wei-jun, WANG Yuan-qun

“…Some scholars believe that the north Qilian formed the matured ocean and the trench-arc-basin system in the early Ordovician period, while others insist that it just continued its rift valley evolution. …”
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Novel marrellomorph moulting behaviour preserved in the Lower Ordovician Fezouata Shale, Morocco by Harriet B. Drage, David A. Legg, Allison C. Daley

“…We describe exuviae from a marrellid marrellomorph found abundantly in the Early Ordovician Fezouata Shale Lagerstätte of Morocco, which allow a novel reconstruction, the second ever, of marrellid moulting behaviours. …”
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Ordovician sequence stratigraphy and correlation in the Middle-Upper Yangtze region, South China by Chuan-shang Wang, Xiao-feng Wang, Xiao-hong Chen, Zhi-hong Li, Xu-bing Li

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ACRITARCHS AND CONODONTS FROM THE CAMBRO - ORDOVICIAN FURUHÄLL (KÖPINGSKLINT) SECTION (ÖLAND, SWEDEN) by GABRIELLA BAGNOLI, SVEND STOUGE, MARCO TONGIORGI

Subjects: “…Acritarchs; Conodonts; Biostratigraphy; Taxonomy; Cambrian; Lower Ordovician; Öland; Sweden.…”
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Hirnantian (latest Ordovician) bio- and chemostratigraphy of the Stirnas-18 core, western Latvia by Hints, Linda, Hints, Olle, Kaljo, Dimitri, Kiipli, Tarmo, Männik, Peep, Nõlvak, Jaak, Pärnaste, Helje

“…Integrated study of the uppermost Ordovician Porkuni Stage in the Stirnas-18 core, western Latvia, has revealed one of the most complete Hirnantian successions in the eastern Baltic region. …”
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Muscle scars, mode of life and systematics of Pollicina (Mollusca) from the Ordovician of Baltica by John S. Peel

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Natural gas accumulation and models in Ordovician carbonates, Ordos Basin, NW China by Yanru GUO, Jinhua FU, Xinshan WEI, Wanglin XU, Liuyi SUN, Junbang LIU, Zhenyu ZHAO, Yueqiao ZHANG, Jianrong GAO, Yanling ZHANG

“…According to sedimentary environment, sources, hydrocarbon accumulation characteristics and gas reservoir types of the Ordovician in the Ordos Basin, the Ordovician carbonate rocks in the basin have good gas accumulation conditions. …”
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Trans-Atlantic application of the Baltic Middle and Upper Ordovician carbon isotope zonation by Stig M. Bergström, Matthew R. Saltzman, Stephen A. Leslie, Annalisa Ferretti, Seth A. Young

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